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This report is created by Ken Ducote and Rose Drill-Peterson on behalf of the Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools
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The Orleans Parish School Board held its monthly Committee Meetings on Thursday, May 8, 2014. Committees usually review and discuss items upon which the full Board will subsequently vote at a future Board Business Meeting. Committees also review the progress of the implementation of items which the full Board has already approved.
Meeting agendas and detailed back-up documentation can be read by clicking on the titles of each Committee. OPSBrief has summarized the agenda items below.
The scheduled May 13, 2014 Board Business Meeting date has been changed to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in the Auditorium of McDonogh 35 HS, 1331 Kerlerec Street. An OPSBrief on that agenda will be issued prior to the meeting. During the Committee meetings, staff distributed the 4th issue of OPSB's periodic report on DBE participation and opportunities in its school rebuilding program. To read the report, click here.
***This email is created by Ken Ducote and Rose Drill-Peterson on behalf of the Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools and is not an official correspondence from the Orleans Parish School Board***
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| REPORT FROM MAY 8 OPSB COMMITTEE MEETINGS |
Received and discussed agenda items and took action as indicated.
- Academic Performance Framework
- Staff presented revised framework
- Parallel frameworks for Financial and Organizational Performance were adopted by OPSB in February 2014.
- Framework was amended to reflect various viewpoints of various types of charters
- RSD charters are all open-admission take-over charters while OPSB charters include successful, but unique, schools, such as open admission, selection criteria, year-round, etc..
- School leaders from Moton and Einstein Charters complimented the Administration's process and basic framework but spoke in favor of evaluating schools using school-specific improvement goals rather than city-wide averages
- Implementation process is under development and will be forthcoming
- 2013-2014 Pupil Progression Plan Addendum
- Forwarded to full Board with recommendation to approve
- Regarding summer remediation and certain waivers of high stakes testing
- Provides process for this summer regarding certain students having the opportunity for transitional 5th and 9th grade programs
- State initiative to reduce large number of over-aged students and potential dropouts when students pass courses but fail high-stakes tests
- Development of 2014-2015 PPP forthcoming
- Student of the Year Recognition Program
- Students will be recognized at the next Board Business Meeting and will be presented with cash scholarships
Received and discussed agenda items and took action as indicated.
- Surplus Property - updated list
- Forwarded to full Board with recommendation to approve
- Removes Armstrong (former McDonogh 19) from surplus list
- Landbanked properties currently used as swing spaces or for other purposes will be considered for surplus list at a future date
- Other properties available for sale
- Amendments to Architectural Contracts and/or construction change orders
- Forwarded to full Board with recommendation to approve
- Audubon - Broadway Renovations
- Karr Gym Stabilization
- McMain Stabilization
- McDonogh 35 Stabilization
- 2014/15 OPSB Facility Plan
- Forwarded to full Board with recommendation to approve
- Refers to annual review of building utilization
- Includes future designation of Plessy ES to Tureaud Campus (former Couvent & former Marigny)
- Assignment of Bethune ES to the Bradley Campus
- Forwarded to full Board with recommendation to approve
- Bradley transferred to OPSB in recent agreement with RSD
- Schedule completion of new building is by the end of 2014-2015 School Session
Received and discussed agenda items and took action as indicated.
- Executive Session to consider a settlement in a worker's compensation case
- Reconvened in open session and forwarded settlement recommendation to full Board with a recommendation for approval
Received policy changes and invited the public to comment during the next 30 days, with no action taken yet
- Policies for First Reading
- New Policy G766 - Accommodations for Employee Rights Under Provision of Law
- Allows for employees returning to work after childbirth the opportunity to express breast milk
- Amendments to Policy B206 - Board Committees
- Establishes standing committees with Committee of the Whole format
- 2013-2014 Pupil Progression Plan Addendum
- This item was transferred to the Accountability Committee (see above)
Received and discussed agenda items and took action as indicated.
- Salary Schedule Revisions
- Child Nutrition Technicians - deferred to June
- Teacher Aides - deferred to June
- Assistant Principals - withdrawn by Administration for further study
- Textbook Adoptions
- Deferred pending Board requested study of feasibility of replacing books with electronic versions only
- Staff said deferral could delay receipt of books for beginning of next school year
- Reading, English Language Arts, and Mathematics
- Would include printed textbooks, on-line versions, and on-line teacher resources - total $722,658
- Student of the Year Awards - disbursement of scholarship awards
- Forwarded to full Board with recommendations to approve
- Amendments to Architectural Contracts and/or construction change orders
- Forwarded to full Board with recommendation to approve
- Audubon - Broadway Renovations
- Karr Gym Stabilization
- McMain Stabilization
- McDonogh 35 Stabilization
- Replacement of Chillers at Warren Easton HS
- Forwarded to full Board with recommendation to approve
- Results of public bids - Arc Mechanical - $247,500 - DBE = 35%
- Existing chillers deteriorated from being under salt water during 2005 flood
- March 2014 Financial Report
- Received staff report
- All debt services payments for this fiscal year were paid by March 2014
- Update on Lusher-Fortier Modular Buildings
- Bids now due May 21th
- Administration requested Board to hold Special Board Meeting soon thereafter to accept bids so work can occur this summer
- Future Receive/Refer Items Requested by Board Members
- Technology availability for student use - computers and laptops
- Policies/procedures on disbursing funds to charters, including true-ups, enrollment adjustments, deferred revenues
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